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[Casablancaa]

Omg yes! I just noticed! I didn't really think much! Haha yeah but now that I see it is! Just little small ones though. Hey I did research on the pills and saw this and thought you could read the first post as inspiration. http://www.healthboa...ad.php?t=237972

It's just a girl saying how Tri sprintec (or however you spell the pill you're on) cleared her up well. For me, reading people that have success stories on what your starting helps(:

but she said she's also taking doxycycline which pretty much clears up acne by itself, no birth control pill needed..im hoping with this birth control piil I won't need to keep taking minocycline because I dont want to be on antibiotics too long....

[betsy91]

Yeah... I dunno I try to read alot of success stories. I'm just scared because i also find people saying it did nothing for their acne and in fact it just made it worse the whole time. So I'm just hoping that I'm not wasting my time =\ I really hope this will work. That's why I'm sticking through all of it.

How did your interviews go? Didn't you say you had some job interviews, how were they(:

And I know this is kind of dumb but at least it's your back and not ALL on your face lol *me trying to be positive* (;

[Casablancaa]

Yeah... I dunno I try to read alot of success stories. I'm just scared because i also find people saying it did nothing for their acne and in fact it just made it worse the whole time. So I'm just hoping that I'm not wasting my time =\ I really hope this will work. That's why I'm sticking through all of it.

How did your interviews go? Didn't you say you had some job interviews, how were they(:

And I know this is kind of dumb but at least it's your back and not ALL on your face lol *me trying to be positive* (;

my interview is tomorrow...phone interview thank god!!! because my forehead looks soooo crappy right now....and yea I have acne all over my back, but all over my face as well....my forehead is looking the worst right now, it seems every inch is covered in pimples cysts whiteheads, theres this one really painful one on my hairline thats peeling over....what is the worst part of your face right now?

How is your face looking betsy? Is it starting to clear up? I look absolutely horrible right now...my face is ALL spotty.....ughhhhhhhhhh I'm very angry at my doctor right now for choosing this pill for me.

Edited by calichick01, 20 November 2011 - 09:48 PM.

[betsy91]

I just realized how HUGE my boobs got! I just started my second week so I'm nevous. I want to start clearing up but I know about this week lol. My face is still ugly as hell. I have tons of little ones all over my forehead and them huge volcanoes on my cheeks, jawline and even my neck! They're developing on my neck! Then a few on my back. I washed my back today and there was a huge blackhead that came out. I'm hoping things are pushing out(:

[Casablancaa]

I just realized how HUGE my boobs got! I just started my second week so I'm nevous. I want to start clearing up but I know about this week lol. My face is still ugly as hell. I have tons of little ones all over my forehead and them huge volcanoes on my cheeks, jawline and even my neck! They're developing on my neck! Then a few on my back. I washed my back today and there was a huge blackhead that came out. I'm hoping things are pushing out(:

hahah yea I was going to make a post about it last month about how my chest was so heavy and it hurt so bad in the 1st pack, it was about 1 cup size bigger, but this month they are normal again....this birth control pill is crazyyy, but i'm glad I'm not the only one who's going through the initial breakout, seems like a lot of us are here....guess I won't have clear skin by Thanksgiving Hopefully by Christmas though...god my family is going to really freak when they see my skin..

[betsy91]

I woke up this morning and some of my scarring seemed lighter? I dunno.... I'm hoping i stay the same! Fingers crossed! Yeah thank god for you because I probably wouldve given up hope on this and not expected it... I thought as soon as I took it I would clear up not break out! Don't worry well start our third pack soon and hopefully then things will start looking up? I'm hoping to look decent on my birthday the 9th of January!

[Casablancaa]

I woke up this morning and some of my scarring seemed lighter? I dunno.... I'm hoping i stay the same! Fingers crossed! Yeah thank god for you because I probably wouldve given up hope on this and not expected it... I thought as soon as I took it I would clear up not break out! Don't worry well start our third pack soon and hopefully then things will start looking up? I'm hoping to look decent on my birthday the 9th of January!

yeaa I woke up this morning with no huge breakout and the acne dying away.......

[betsy91]

Yeah but your on your third week right? I'm bearly starting the second week and I'm scared!

[Casablancaa]

Yeah but your on your third week right? I'm bearly starting the second week and I'm scared!

Today is the last day of my second week..I think that it takes 3 months for the initial breakout to subside because Ortho tri cyclen is a "triphasic" pill and it takes 3 cycles of your menstrual period to get used to it...

[betsy91]

Oh okay. Do you think your breakout on the second week was as bad as last month? I'm just nervous because I'm coming to my second week and i don't want to be all nasty looking. Plus a boy I've been dating is coming into town and if I break out I'm seriously am going to lie and tell him I'm not in town lol I'll see him in two weeks after so I don't feel bad. And by then hopefully everything will be better. Hmmm three months? Okay... I'm going to stay positive

[Casablancaa]

Oh okay. Do you think your breakout on the second week was as bad as last month? I'm just nervous because I'm coming to my second week and i don't want to be all nasty looking. Plus a boy I've been dating is coming into town and if I break out I'm seriously am going to lie and tell him I'm not in town lol I'll see him in two weeks after so I don't feel bad. And by then hopefully everything will be better. Hmmm three months? Okay... I'm going to stay positive

Hmmm...well it's hard to say because the breakout was in different areas, like last month, my chin exploded in cysts, while my forehead was clear, and this month, my forehead exploded in a million pimples, while there's only 1-2 pimples on my chin...so I dont know, same breakout different area? haha, when do you start your second week? Tomorrow? The breakout came in the 1st or 2nd day of the second week and started subsiding yesterday for me...I know how you feel, I have been trying to postpone nearly everything because of my face...my interviews, I've made up some excuses or delayed them as long as possible..

[betsy91]

Yay today is my third day i kind of broke out on my cheeks but not too badly, if anything it kind of heals quickly. Maybe it's the accutane working? Idk ah I just want to be clear! The bc pills are making me gain weight

[Casablancaa]

Yay today is my third day i kind of broke out on my cheeks but not too badly, if anything it kind of heals quickly. Maybe it's the accutane working? Idk ah I just want to be clear! The bc pills are making me gain weight

You're on Accutane? I didnt know that

[Casablancaa]

2nd Pack, Week 3, Tri-Sprintec


breakout on my forehead clearing up in days, have a big cyst near my chin, and a splatter of pimples around my mouth, but it looks better than last month and clearing up faster than before..........here's hoping...maybe clear in a few weeks?

[betsy91]

Yeah I just hit the two week mark. I'm not breaking out as badly as last month so that's good and neither are you so yay to us Tri-twins! Lol I'm glad you're healing quickly!

[Casablancaa]

kind of bummed because I got another hard pimple near my eyebrows and another one on the side is growing bigger...

[betsy91]

It's my fifth day in the second week and I broke out

[Casablancaa]

I'm in the middle of the 3rd week and my face still looks awful, a huge one near my chin, (like 3 pimples merged together), several of them on the right of my nose, I can feel one forming on my cheek, right in between my eyebrows, there are 3 of them, and to the right of my forehead, a big zit and a splatter of whiteheads and bumps....

All this acne makes me not in the mood to do anything, but lock myself in my room...

But keep in mind, we are still in our 2nd month! Just 1.5 months to go and we should be clear

Also, TRY NOT TO PICK (I've been having trouble), because it will prolong the time that our face is scarred...the acne will eventually go away, we don't want to be left with scars!

Edited by calichick01, 25 November 2011 - 01:53 AM.

[betsy91]

I have one of those pimples too! The one where three of them come together like they are plotting something! So ugly ughhhh I broke out nasty on my forehead and my cheeks=\ I was kind of okay but then thankgiving morning I woke up with all these pimples sucks.... Ah okay I need to stay positive it'll go away =\

[Casablancaa]

3 more days until my sugar pills aka no more breakouts for a week, these hormone pills are just KILLING my skin, the cysts are so big..